[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Polity, Pleasure & Law](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti) › [Law and Social-Religious Duty](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma) › [Minor extant smṛtis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti) › [Devalasmṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala) › [The old Devala law-book — fragments](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments) › 5.4 # The Law Code of Devala 5.4: Kālanirṇaya (Kālamādhavīya) · Vīramitrodaya · Kālanirṇaya +3 Devalasmṛti (fragments) 5.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.4) dinārdhasamaye 'tīte bhujyate niyamena yat | ekabhaktam iti proktaṃ nyūnaṃ grāsatrayeṇa tu > I shall explain the penance in detail, O great sages. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) > What is eaten under a vow when half the day has passed, less by three mouthfuls, is called the single meal (ekabhakta). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.3) - [Next: 5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.5) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5) ## Translations (2) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments~en-mt.5.4) — English, machine translation - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala~en-mt.5) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (6) - [Vīramitrodaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.viramitrodaya.128) — Mitramiśra 1610, Sanskrit - [Kālanirṇaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala) - [Bhagavantabhāskara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.bhagavantabhaskara.19.p20) — Nīlakaṇṭha Dīkṣita 1625, Sanskrit - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.1.p19.5) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit - [Kālanirṇaya (Kālamādhavīya)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.nirnaya.kalamadhaviya.4.p57) — Mādhava, Sanskrit - [Smṛtimuktāphala](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.smrtimuktaphala.1.30.7) — Vaidyanātha Dīkṣita 1575, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.upasmrti.devala*fragments.5.4) · Pramāṇa